Steven Spielberg gets the spotlight over the next five weeks, as the subject of a weekly Sunday-night retrospective at the Prytania Theatre. The theater's "Spielberg Sunday Nights" series tops this week's listing of upcoming off-the-beaten-path film events for New Orleans-area movie fans.

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Spielberg Sunday Nights Prytania Theatre,5339 Prytania St., 504.891.2787. The theater kicks off a five-week screening series celebrating the films of director Steven Spielberg. This week: Spielberg's Oscar-winning 1975 horror-thriller "Jaws" (10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10), starring Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw in the story of a small tourist island terrorized by a giant, man-eating shark. Coming up: "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (Aug. 18), "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" (Aug. 24), "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (Aug. 31) and "Jurassic Park" (Sept. 7). Tickets are $10 each and available at the theater box office or online at the Prytania website.

Gabriel Figueroa screening series New Orleans Museum of Art, 1 Collins Diboll Circle. The museum and the New Orleans Film Society team up for a screening series focusing on the work of cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa. This week: director Emilio Fernandez's Cannes-decorated 1943 film "Maria Candelaria (Xochimilco)" (7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8), in which Figueroa "captures the beauty of the Mexican landscape and the depth of human expression in a careful choreography of light and darkness." Films are free with museum admission, which is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and university students, and $6 for children between 7 and 17 years old. Museum members and Film Society members are admitted free, as are children under 6.

World War I screening series Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, 1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., 504.827.5858. The local alternative movie house partners with the BBC to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I with a series of free screenings of new films on the war experience. This week: director Richard Sanders' "Royal Cousins at War" (5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 9), about the ties between the tsar, the kaiser and the king whose relationships helped fuel the war. Coming up: the docudrama "Churchill's First World War" (5:15 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 16), about the then-39-year-old Winston Churchill's experiences on the war's front lines. For details, including screening times, visit the Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center website.

New Orleans French Film Festival Prytania Theatre,5339 Prytania St., 504.891.2787. The theater teams with the New Orleans Film Society for the 17th annual New Orleans French Film Festival (screenings daily through Thursday, Aug. 7), a late-summer celebration of French cinema featuring such titles as "Le Chef," "Yves Saint Laurent" and "Mood Indigo." Tickets are $11 per screening ($10 for film society members). In addition, six-film packages are available exclusively to film society members for $50 each. For details, including ticketing information, visit the New Orleans Film Society website or the Prytania Theatre box office.

Prytania Kids Series Prytania Theatre, 5339 Prytania St., 504.891.2787. The theater continues its annual summer series, featuring family-friendly films at discounted prices every Friday and Saturday morning through mid-August. This week: director Brad Bird's animated 1999 adventure "The Iron Giant" (10 a.m., Friday and Saturday, Aug. 8 and 9), about a boy who befriends an alien robot that the government is bent on destroying. Coming up: "Charlotte's Web" (Aug. 15 and 16). Tickets are $5.75 each. Discount rates available for groups of 25 or more. For details visit the Prytania Theatre website.

Prytania Theatre Classic Movie Series5339 Prytania St., 504.891.2787. The theater continues its ongoing screening series focusing on Hollywood classics, which doubles as a tribute to the works of director Billy Wilder through Aug. 20. This week: Wilder's Oscar-winning 1945 drama "The Lost Weekend" (10 a.m. Sunday and Wednesday, Aug. 10 and 13), starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman in the story of a desperate alcoholic on a four-day bender. Coming up: "Some Like it Hot" (Aug. 17 and 20). Tickets are $5.75. For details visit the Prytania Theatre website.

Entergy IMAX Theatre Aquarium of the Americas, 1 Canal St. The home of the largest IMAX screen in the Gulf South hosts regular screenings, with an emphasis on nature documentaries. Now playing daily: "Kenya 3D: Animal Kingdom" (10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.); "Island of Lemurs: Madagascar" (noon, 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.); and "Great White Shark 3D" (11 a.m. and 2 p.m.). Tickets are $10.50 ($8 for children under 12, $9.50 for seniors over 65, and $5 for Audubon members). For details, including showtimes, visit the Entergy IMAX website.

Shotgun Cinema Marigny Opera House, 725 St. Ferdinand St. The local nonprofit continues its monthly indie-focused screening series. This month: director Marcel Camus' 1959 drama "Black Orpheus" (7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 13; doors open at 6:30), an adaptation of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, set during Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. The screening will be preceded by live music from The New Tintypes. Tickets are $7 and are available at the door on the night of the screening. For details, visit the Shotgun Cinema website.